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… Neural Circuit Genetics Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor, Department of Biology … mouse strains along with the standard strain (called control mice) to a variety of analytical methods in order to … genetically altered mouse strains in comparison with the control mice could be a deficiency or augmentation of a …

… long been thought to be important for attention and higher cognitive functions (planning, prioritizing, decision-making … says Kay Tye, an MIT associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a member of MIT’s Picower Institute … which is the seat of conscious thought and other complex cognitive behavior, is to route information to different …

… for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and an investigator of the Howard Hughes … neuromodulators released from different neuronal sources control the diverse internal states that animals exhibit …

… of sleep for brain function. Sleep Brain Imaging Arousal Control Neural Circuits Oscillations Computational … shift between sleep and wake states, and how they lead to cognitive dysfunction in sleep deprivation, both in the … healthy aging, and neurodegenerative disorders. Neural control circuits for sleep and mood states What control …

… neuroscience, machine learning, neurophysiology and control theory with the aim of building closed-loop … Director Li-Huei Tsai in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Pinals will investigate the mechanistic …

… and Memory and the Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, said the findings could increase … presence of a glutamate receptor (red). Using neurons that control muscles in the Drosophila fruit fly, the study will … these principles as fundamental elements of how neurons control synaptic growth and development,” he said. “Depending …

… mechanisms. More fundamental than the willful exertion of cognitive control over attention, the model the team developed … for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) at MIT. “The brain is noisy, there …

… Among his research pursuits are understanding the active control of arousal states and the neuromodulation of neural … Delivery (CLAD) system for real time computerized-control of anesthesia and to validate it in animal models. … meaningful patterns from neural data to gain insights into cognitive processes such as working memory and cognition: how …

… of these neurons contributes to patients’ loss of motor control, which is one of the major hallmarks of the disease. … , an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a member of The Picower Institute for … called the basal ganglia, which are responsible for control of movement and also play roles in other behaviors, …

… The scientists made their findings in neurons that control muscles in Drosophila fruit flies. These cells are … Professor in MIT’s Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, which studies how neurons regulate this … endow each neuron with fine degrees of communication control. “What this offers the nervous system is that you can …